[–] 23 points 1 week ago

You just remember where you put the thing, the concept of where it is still remains even if you can't visualise it. Similarly I can still remember routes and recognise people even though I can't really visualise either.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 week ago (1 child)

    Mostly nothing, but I did have issues once where a package changed but couldn't be installed due to failing verification as the keyring wasn't updated. That killed the desktop environment on boot but dropping into the console and updating the keyring specifically before trying the full update again fixed things.

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  • [–] 17 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    Best suggestion I have is to buy yourself a decent screwdriver or driver bits, then when it starts getting worn and slipping easily throw the bit/driver away and use a new one. You can get away with using a worn Phillips driver for a long time past it's prime but you're just making life hard for yourself by doing this.

    Also make sure you're using the correct size and type of bit, I've seen plenty of people struggling with Phillips heads because they're doing something like using a ph1 bit on a ph2 screw or using a pozidrive bit on a Phillips head.

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  • [–] 15 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

    Book sword seems an easy pick assuming the scaling of the power ups is remotely similar - if you're an educated adult you should already have a decent power level, its strength isn't going to vary wildly on you (lies would be particularly bad for this), you can have a strong sword without living in pain, and if you need extra power you can just smash through a bunch of childrens books in a few hours.

    In terms of the curse sword smells from the future seems the pick. Changing every third word would cause a lot of communication annoyances and seeing only through other people's eyes would make you blind a significant amount of the time.

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  • [–] 2 points 3 weeks ago

    I actually quite like the idea of an underground house - it'd be easier to get a nice stable temperature year round and would be much easier to design for bushfire resilience (steel sheets over skylights/doorway, steel mesh over ventilation and you're pretty set). I could do with my own personal hobbit hole.

    I would however want it to be in a position where it does not require pumped drainage. That restricts you to places on a decent slope so you can use gravity to keep things dry and cozy rather than rely on pumps that could break down. Not having a view in the vast majority of locations would also be a downside, but to be fair being able to see a good bit of distance is sadly not something you get in most normal houses anyway.

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  • [–] 6 points 1 month ago (1 child)

    The Buzz is a van, it's meant to be big so you can put stuff in it. It's actually too small for my liking as it's too low to fit my dirt bike in without a struggle and too short for a 1200x2400 sheet of ply/metal/whatever (my Transporter fits both of these nicely though).

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  • [–] 9 points 2 months ago

    That's actually going to be useful for me, I've needed to flash/change settings on a few nrf based devices for meshcore use over the last few months and was mildly irritated that installing Chrome was the easiest way to get this done.

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  • [–] 14 points 2 months ago (1 child)

    I had one of these earlier tonight which was asking which of the pictured animals came from eggs. Only after clicking on the various birds and submitting (success) did I notice there was also a crocodile. I then really wanted to be able to redo it with the crocodile included and see if it knew crocodiles also come from eggs.

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    This knife had been in my pocket for around 5 years with regular use (and sometimes abuse). Would recommend, it's a good selection of actually usable tools to have on you for those times when you aren't carrying a toolbox. Sometimes I've used the pliers even when I do have my toolbox with me, which is not something you would consider with a lot of cheaper multitools.

    Over time the casing did become more silver than black and I did manage to break a few things - the can opener didn't like taking a chain link clip off, the precision screwdriver didn't like being used to pry at something (part of inside a door lock from memory), and the large flathead failed when popping a partition cover port off. I thought that last one wasn't something that should have broken the tool so after a few months I finally got around to sending it back for warranty over that and they replaced it without question.

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